About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0496
  • TitleWidening ordered
  • SummaryAerial view of section of Downtown Brooklyn with many commercial and residential buildings, street with one moving truck (sign in lower left: "250 Adams St,"), and many parked automobiles, most of which are in parking lot in center foreground. Caption: "Widening ordered--A $45,574 contract has been awarded for immediate demolition of buildings to prepare for widening of Adams St. to accomodate increased traffic. Soon there will be separated roadways and service roads in area between dotted lines."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso; date stamped: Sep[t] 25, 1949; photographer's stamp. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorRutter, Edgar E., 1883-1956 [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles ; Roads -- Design and construction ; Streets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Downtown Brooklyn: Adams Street